Rooster isn't mating the hens

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So their are 2 Roos but the one I'm going to talk about is the dominant one the other had an injury and stoped muchuring to heal it it was a very bad injury but he's fine now. Anyway the one that is fine is a mix between a black australorp and something else he is near the bottom of the pecking order too but in the morning when I let them out he only tries to mate with the RIR hens which there are only 2 and that is all he tries for no one else just them there are plenty of other hens but he doesent mate them and I don't know why
 
So their are 2 Roos but the one I'm going to talk about is the dominant one the other had an injury and stoped muchuring to heal it it was a very bad injury but he's fine now. Anyway the one that is fine is a mix between a black australorp and something else he is near the bottom of the pecking order too but in the morning when I let them out he only tries to mate with the RIR hens which there are only 2 and that is all he tries for no one else just them there are plenty of other hens but he doesent mate them and I don't know why

Are you sure he isn't breeding when you're not watching? You can check on this forum on how to tell fertile eggs.
Then there are some roosters (and it seems like a very few) who will breed only their favorite hens.
A rooster has to be at the top of the pecking order to breed hens. Is this a young rooster?
I hadn't seen my rooster breed all my hens but when I put an assortment of eggs into the incubator, all developed and hatched.
 
How old is he and the hens? My cockerel only started mating with his hens when he was about 30 weeks old and still hasn't started crowing.
 
If he's under a year old (I'm guessing between 4-6 months?), it's possible the hens aren't allowing it to happen yet. He needs to earn that right, and that will come with maturity. On the other hand, unless you're watching him every minute, he could be breeding them and you just haven't seen it happen. The only way you'll know is to check for fertile eggs, and that's not always easy to see.
 

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